Skidmore College will be a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Smoking and tobacco use — as well as the use of all e-cigarettes and vaping devices — will be prohibited throughout all Skidmore College property, including outdoor areas.

The Skidmore College community has again joined together to collect more than $13,000, 4,000 food items and over 1,000 school supplies and personal care items to support nonprofit organizations through the Skidmore Cares community service program.

Raymond J. Giguere

Professor of Chemistry

Education

B.A. Kalamazoo College Dr. rer. nat., University of Hannover Postdoctoral Research: 1980-81, University of Hannover 1981-83, Michigan State University

Research

Professor Giguere conducts research with undergraduates in the area of organic synthesis.
His interests range from the application of microwaves to conduct organic reactions
to development of novel intramolecular cyclizations, such as tandem Diels-Alder and
allyl cation cycloadditions. This work has resulted in the publication of over twenty-five
articles, many of which have undergraduates as co-authors. Since 1983 over one hundred
chemistry majors have conducted undergraduate research in Prof. Giguere's labs.